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By Kate!

Jordan Lake. First Nest. One moment mom Kate was perched on a branch very very still … the next moment she launched!

By Growing!

Jordan Lake. First Nest. The chick is certainly growing rapidly! The bald eagle is one of the fastest maturing birds known. It looks like this fellow is now about 8 to 9 weeks old. He is looking all about for his parents. The chick appears to be very well fed but when you’re a youngster … you know how it goes … you want food now!

By First Nest Chick and Dad Bard

Jordan Lake. First Nest. This morning I managed to see the chick in the nest. It’s a little difficult to tell where the chick is so in the second photo I drew a circle around it. The chick is facing us. In the third photo you can see Dad Bart. He is preening hard! I did see Mom Kate but she went by so quick I didn’t get a photo of her.

By Horned Grebe Paddle

Jordan Lake. Yesterday morning I recorded this horned grebe paddling along. It looks a little ragged because it’s actually in molt. It is changing from the light gray overall winter color into the vibrant browns, reds and yellow that it will have when the molt is finished. Also note that the grebe is floating past a fair amount of debris because the lake was up to 219.67 feet. That is what the lake is supposed to do… Hold in water from heavy rainfall and then slowly let it out afterwards so nothing gets flooded downstream. I am glad the lake is there to control the flooding! I think the grebe is glad the lake is there so it can paddle.

By Chick!

Jordan Lake. First Nest. Oh my. Captain Doug and I were out on the boat yesterday where we could more easily see First Nest. On the right hand side of the nest is a chick about five-weeks-old, standing up and looking towards its parent on the left-hand side of the nest (you can only see the back of the parent that is reaching down into the nest so I don’t know which parent it is). Didn’t see a second chick in the nest yesterday but that doesn’t mean there might not be one where I could’t see it. Enjoy the growing chick!